Battery clamp



. H. J. HlCK- v BATTERY CLAMP Filed oct. a, 1921 n ance, in the countyfof vStark and State ofV v zappiicatiommefi octoberj, 1521. seriaijnog soiapaf 'zen ofthe Unitedv States, residing at Alli- Ohio, have invented the new-and useful 1in'- proveinents linBattery Clamps,- of which the 'following is a specification. rI he invention relates'to a clamp for securing battery boxes and the'like in a supporting-. frame, and theobjectof the improvenient is to providefaspringy clamp which will not'be 'loosened bythe vibrations to which i' an automobileor the like is subjected.

' v"ofa'transversefspringf metal washer platev the washer plate `between the 'sides of the A rigidor unyielding clamp secured by a bolt. is subjected to the tendencyof the batterybox to moveupon its support, and the nut of vthe bolt is frequently loosened, following which the clamp Vbecomes detached and ultimately lost.

The presentfinvention involves the use of a clamp made of heavy springjwire-bent U- shapeto form parallel side arms having hooks on their'ends for engaging the handle f vof'thehattery boxwhile theother end bears 25 upon an adjacent flange ofthe support.v

The Vicl amp is secured in position by means .having its "ends curved over the side arms of the ola1np',and a bolt extending through the support andthe washer plate actingt'o defleet the arms of the clamp and also to deflect clamp for locking the nut Vwhen screwed upn'thebola A preferred embodiment of Athe invention is illustrated in the4 accompanying` drawing, forming apart hereof, in which- Figure lV is afragmentary perspective view. `of a-battery bor:` 'andsupporting frame,

1 vshowing the' improved clamp thereon;

Fig-2, a side'elevation ofthe clamp, showlngit i l Fig. 3, a cross section ofthe clamp online 3-3 ,`Fipji 2; and Y f f Fig; 4, a detached perspective view of'a Y modified form ofthe'lamp.

f' Similarnumerals Vrefer to similar :parts throughout the drawings.V

mounted in a. supporting frameincludingl transverse angle `bars'2 adjacent tothe end ofthe box, and straps 3 extend-ing therefromdownward and under the'bottom of the'box;

andthe handle 4 of the' box extends slightly 'Barrena 011.4111755 supporting anglebar.v y ofspr-ng steel is'. i placed across-the clamp-withits. ends'v curved downward around the side V'armsfV 7 0 i l 'e support1 i n section on y line 2 2,

A batterybox 1 in an automobilemay be' The. improved clamp-is made wire and'fisloentA U- shapeto form a yoke 5 at? the outer -end,- with laterally spaced paralleh above. the .Plans the aliment-upright .Y

arms. 6 on each side with hooksv? von the 'free il ends" thereof adaptedtozengagethe handlef .'*i A 4 off the Aboxwhen'theyolred en d'of'the. V Vclainp bears upon the adjacent angefof the] Afwasher plate "8 made thereof, Vand the partslare secured together' by means of a stove bolt extending upwardVv plate, with its nutl() bearing on `the upper- 'side thereof. The vwidthof the nut is'rpref-` throughthe horizontal ange'of the-.angle bar 2 and centrally through. the" washer y erably less than the distance between the side. arms of the clamp, so as to d eiect thevvash'erl downward between the arms of the clamp.V By this construction and arrangement, the l .8 0 y3 the handle of the box, which maybe referred arms offthe clamp "span the intervalbetween to asthe object, andthe upright-flange of the .angle bar, which may bereferre'd tetasr the fsupportjand will be deflected down-- Vward when the nut isturnedupon thebo'lt, as shown lin Fig.v 2, therebyholdi-ng `the obl 1' ject by a yielding Vclampingactionyvhicha commodates itself torsuch movement :vii bration asthere may belbetween.theobjfect 1 t and the support.

. Likewise the washer-plate 'is deflected downwardfbetwefen the sidearms ofjthe. clamp, whichV Vnotfonly!supplements thej yielding action/of the deflected arms, but-so aeaamp werbe' detected. mth@ Slam@- manf ner "as d eScribedfor preferred ferm l i 1". `A clamp'Lforganobjectiand an a concavesl the washerfplateas v toj loclif'the-.- f f nut in place thereon when it'islturnedidown-- warden the shank of thefbolt', asl clearly l. f shownin Fig.Y 3.. 'i' i For use with*v asupporting barV not prol vided .withv an uprightflange,fthe modified form of 'clamp'V shownin Figlgfmaybe used, y in which" the yoked ende?` of f the clamp"is 'Y bent downwardand"flattenedgsojasEto'bear upon aflat surface,fabove which thearms of j spaced parallel side arms tosp'an aninterval 1 1@ ,i

between :the object andl the support with .transversely @cross and .engaging the Side 5 arms,V zi'bolt extending from the support be- Y i tween the Side arms and though the Washer plate having a' nut bearing upon h'ewasher Y p1ate,jwhereby the V:wins and the `Waisher Y plate aredelected when clamped by Screw-V Y. Y10 ing the nut u i Y Athe'reieyLockedin-'ponthe Waher.

Y' '1 @lampi for an object andenjadjacent ponthebolt and the nut'is Vthe side arms and throughthe Washe lplete having a-nut bearing-upon the Washeif plete',V j

deflected vvwhen r sup-poet madeLA of spp-ing ivi-e beentfto forni rspaced.'pareil-e'1 sidev Vetjins to (spanV en interval between `the object' andthe Supportl with Ineens on their ends to engagey one ofthem,

eV bolt' e'xtendngrom the support between whereby the arnis are clamped .by screwing the nut upon thebolt. 

